Great New Operating System In the Sky (GNOSIS) is a capability-based operating system that was researched during the 1970s at Tymshare, Inc. It was based on the research of Norman Hardy, Dale E. Jordan, Bill Frantz, Charlie Landau, Jay Jonekait, et al. It provided a foundation for the development of future operating systems such as KeyKOS, EROS, CapROS, and Coyotos. In 1984, McDonnell Douglas acquired Tymshare, and a year later sold GNOSIS to Key Logic, where GNOSIS was renamed KeyKOS.[1][2][3][4]
| Developer | Tymshare (Norm Hardy, Bill Frantz, Charlie Landau) McDonnell Douglas |
|---|---|
| Written in | C |
| OS family | Capability-based |
| Working state | Discontinued |
| Initial release | 1977 |
| Final release | Final / 1988 |
| Marketing target | Research |
| Available in | English |
| Update method | Compile from source code |
| Platforms | S/370 mainframe |
| Kernel type | Microkernel |
| Default user interface | Command-line interface |
| Succeeded by | KeyKOS, Extremely Reliable Operating System (EROS) |
| Official website | cap-lore |
References
edit- ^ Hardy, Norman. "Roots of KeyKOS". Cap-lore.com.
- ^ Jordan, Dale E. (March 20, 1972). "GNOSIS Document". Cap-lore.com.
- ^ Frantz, Bill; Hardy, Norman; Jonekait, Jay; Landau, Charlie (1979). "GNOSIS: A Prototype Operating System for the 1990s". University of Pennsylvania: Computer and Information Science. Archived from the original on December 5, 2009.
- ^ "Gnosis (manual)". University of Pennsylvania: Computer and Information Science. Archived from the original on January 18, 2010.
External links
edit- Official website, Norman Hardy
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